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These requirements were revised effective on April 1,
1999.
The OA Representative position was added to requirement
5 in July 1999.
1. Be active in your troop and patrol for at least 6
months as a Star Scout.
2. Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath
(Promise) and Scout Law in your everyday life.
3. Earn 5 more merit badges (so that you have 11 in all),
including any 3 more from the required list for Eagle.
4. While a Star Scout, take part in service projects
totaling at least 6 hours of work. These projects must be approved
by your Scoutmaster.
5. While a Star Scout, serve actively 6 months in one
or more of the positions of responsibility listed below (or carry out
a Scoutmaster-assigned leadership project to help the troop).
Boy Scout troop leadership positions.
patrol leader
assistant senior patrol leader
senior patrol leader
troop guide
OA troop representative
den chief
scribe
librarian
historian
quartermaster
bugler
junior assistant Scoutmaster
chaplain aide
instructor
Boy Scout patrol leadership positions that do
not qualify
assistant patrol leader
patrol quartermaster
patrol librarian
And all other patrol leadership positions
6. Take part in a Scoutmaster conference
7. Complete your board of review.
* A Scout may choose any of the 15 required merit badges
in the 12 categories to fulfill requirement
NOTE: The footnote to Requirement 3 means that, for example,
a Scout can use both Lifesaving AND Emergency Preparedness and/or Swimming,
Hiking AND Cycling toward the requirement of 3 more (7 total) from the
required list for Eagle when working toward Life Scout. ) Also note that
the asterisks are specifically placed on the lines marked "(required
for Eagle)" signifying that the note applies to these badges.
If a Scout used Safety and/or Sports Merit Badge as one
or two of the four merit badges from the required list for Eagle for
advancement to Star Scout before April 1, 1999, he must earn additional
merit badges from the current required list for Eagle, so that he has
at least seven from the current list in order to advance to Life Scout.
Please note that Requirement 7 - (Complete your Board
of Review) MAY be done AFTER the Scout has reached age 18. All
other requirements must be completed BEFORE the Scout's 18th Birthday.
Life Rank Board of Review
Sample Questions
The Life rank is the final rank before Eagle. The
Life Scout should be fully participating in the Troop, with emphasis
being placed on leadership in the unit, as well as teaching skills and
leadership to the younger Scouts.
Merit Badge work should be a regular part of the Scout's
career. Scouting values and concepts should be an integral part
of the Scout's daily life.
At this point, the Scout is starting to "give back
to Scouting" through leadership, training of other Scouts, recruiting,
keeping Scouts active in the program, etc.
Explore suggestions for improving the program.
The approximate time for this Board of Review should
be 20 - 30 minutes.
Sample Questions:
1. What is the most ambitious pioneering project with
which you have assisted? Where?
2. What has been your worst camping experience in Scouting?
3. How many patrol meetings has your patrol held in the
last three months? How many of them have you attended?
4. Have any of the merit badges you have earned lead
to hobbies or possible careers?
5. What are your hobbies?
6. Of the merit badges you have earned, which one do
you think will be of greatest value to you as an adult? Why?
7. Why do you think that the three "Citizenship" merit
badges are required for the Eagle Rank?
8. What is your current (most recent) leadership position
within the Troop? How long have you held that position? What particular
challenges does it present? What is Leadership?
9. Do you have any brothers or sisters who are in Scouts
(any level)? What can you do to encourage them to continue with Scouts,
and to move forward along the Scouting Trail?
10. How do you choose between a school activity, a Scout
activity, and a family activity?
11. Why do you think that Star and Life Scouts are required
to contribute so much time to service projects? What service projects
are most rewarding to you? Why?
12. Why do you think that a Board of Review is required
for rank advancement?
13. How has Scouting prepared you for the future?
14. What does it mean to say, "A Scout is Reverent"?
15. What does "Scout Spirit" mean to a Life
Scout?
16. Why do you think that Scouting for Food is referred
to as a "National Good Turn".
17. The Scout Oath refers to "Duty to Self";
what duty do we have to ourselves?
18. If the Scout is a member of OA:
What role does OA play in Scouting?
What honor do you hold in OA?
What is the difference between Scout "ranks" and
OA "honors"?
19. In what year was Boy Scouts of America founded?
[Answer: February 8, 1910 – BSA Birthday]
20. Have you begun to think about an Eagle Service Project?
What are you thinking about doing? When?
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